http://www.handspeak.com/ en-us Sign language online, American Sign Language (ASL) dictionary, ASL grammar and tutorials, manual alphabet (fingerspelling), ASL storytelling and poetry, and more! http://www.handspeak.com/pix/hslogo-icon2011.jpg http://www.handspeak.com/ http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1159204--deaf-rapper-feels-the-music-and-sings-by-signing http://www.thestar.com/living/article/1159204--deaf-rapper-feels-the-music-and-sings-by-signing Growing up in Helsinki, he “translated” Christmas carols into sign language so that the entire family (his parents are deaf, his grandparents are not) could perform together — a bilingual affair uniting singing with signing... News Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/sign-language-dinner-tests-students-communication-skills/1223315 http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/sign-language-dinner-tests-students-communication-skills/1223315 That was the challenge for students in the advanced American Sign Language class at Land O'Lakes High. Their assignment: to eat, drink and use only sign language to carry a conversation during a dinner party held at the school's new Culinary Academy ... News Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/index.php?byte=1&ID=5&page=4 http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/index.php?byte=1&ID=5&page=4 Reducing the harms of zero tolerance to the use of alternative approaches for deaf children in language acquisition. Baby Talk Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/index.php?byte=1&ID=15 http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/index.php?byte=1&ID=15 A post for this week on the blog Baby Talk in ASL: Gaze shifting between picture and ASL word. Baby Talk Sat, 7 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/browse3.php?byte=1&ID=1&page=3 http://www.handspeak.com/blog/baby/browse3.php?byte=1&ID=1&page=3 An interview with Francois Grosjean by Nataly Kelly, Chief Research Offier, Common Sense Advisory. Baby Talk Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/2012/04/03/indianapolis-student-bridges-deaf-and-hearing-culture/ http://stateimpact.npr.org/indiana/2012/04/03/indianapolis-student-bridges-deaf-and-hearing-culture/ When she was less than two years old, the Katters decided to teach their daughter sign language and enroll her in classes at the Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD) in Indianapolis. Neither of Margaret Katter's parents is deaf, but her mom is a speech ... News Fri, 6 Apr 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.npr.org/2011/08/04/138991581/linguist-recasts-what-language-is-and-isnt http://www.handspeak.com/index.php?home=news It's very much a language of it's own ... In fact people who study creole languages, like Jamaican Patois, Haitian Creole ... see a lot of likeness between the gramatical structure of those languages and how sign language works. ... News Fri, 5 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT